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It can move payloads up to 300 kg around in space, and for a 100 kg payload, it offers 900 m/s of Delta-V. With Mira, Impulse sought to tackle the problem of mobility once a spacecraft reached orbit.

"I don't know if the James Webb Space Telescope will ever cover an area of this size again, and so I think it'll be a good reference and a good data set that people will use for many years ...

As described in the Space Warfighting framework released by the U.S. Space Force in April 2025, counterspace capabilities give U.S. military commanders a suite of combat options having attributes that ...

All eyes from the Starfield community were on this year's Xbox Games Showcase, hoping for some sort of an update on what's coming to the space RPG. Alas, we didn't get a single peep about the next ...

The first Canadian astronaut to fly into space, Marc Garneau, died on June 4, 2025 at the age of 76. In addition to his three launches, Garneau also led the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

A private space firm from Japan did not stick its moon landing on Thursday, which makes this the second failed attempt to get to the lunar surface for the company in the past two years.

WASHINGTON — A space station research conference has been canceled and the future of a long-running planetary science conference is in doubt as NASA pulls back support for those events.

Cricket News: RCB head coach Andy Flower revealed that the IPL 2025 suspension, gave injured players like Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood vital recovery time. Flow ...

Elon Musk says he will slay Dragon space station transport after Trump contract threat Later he seemed to backtrack, tweeting: ‘Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon’ ...

About $22 billion of SpaceX's government contracts are at risk and multiple U.S. space programs could face dramatic changes in the fallout from Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's explosive ...

This'll be just the second videogame based on The Expanse after the Telltale release, and from the trailer it looks like it could be Owlcat's biggest production yet, as we see a gunship spin, flip ...